What are the architectural constraints of DI with AOT (Ahead-Of-Time) Compilation?

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Short answer

AOT compilation removes dynamic code execution and reflection emit capabilities, fundamentally breaking traditional reflection-based DI containers.

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In environments like NativeAOT (C#), GraalVM (Java), or IL2CPP (Unity), the compiler aggressively trims unused code. If a DI container only instantiates a type via reflection at runtime, the AOT compiler might delete that type during the build. DI must shift to source-generation or explicit registration.

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